Church Of St Martin

The Church of St Martin is a parish church with Norman origins, significantly extended in the 15th century. It suffered fire damage in 1890 and was subsequently rebuilt by Otto B. Peter of Launceston. The church is constructed from roughly coursed stone rubble, with ashlar stone detailing on the south aisle, an ashlar stone north aisle with a moulded plinth, and a west tower of ashlar. A granite ashlar south porch is also present.

The plan incorporates a nave and chancel, five-bay north and south aisles, north and south porches, and a west tower. The extent of the rebuilding remains uncertain. Much of the original masonry appears intact, although the north arcade has been reconstructed using older materials, and the south arcade is likely from the 19th century.

The three-stage west tower features set-back buttresses, a moulded plinth and strings, a battlemented parapet, and crocketted finials. The west door is adorned with a well-carved arch having a hollow chamfer ornamented with carved fleurons and a carved hoodmould. The tracery of the west window has been renewed but is set within a crocketted ogee canopy flanked by elongated finials. The belfry has three-light openings. Much of the tracery in the north and south aisles was renewed around the 18th century, with a design featuring two mullions and a single transom within earlier four-centred arches. Perpendicular tracery is present in the east window of the north aisle, the chancel and one south aisle window. A 19th-century tracery is in the east window of the south aisle. A rood loft projection exists in the north aisle. The north porch is accessed via a four-centred roll moulded arch and incorporates a 15th-century waggon roof with late 19th-century bosses. The south porch has a similar roof with bosses carved by Charles Harward Archer in 1890.

The interior features plastered walls and 19th-century waggon roofs. The tower arch is two-centred and has blind tracery decorating the soffit. A granite five-bay north arcade, dating back to circa the 15th century, is marked by 'Type A' (Pevsner) piers, featuring a central cavetto moulding and four-centred moulded arches. This arcade has been partly rebuilt, and the bases of the piers are likely from the 19th century. The easternmost arch is slightly narrower and chamfered. A freestone five-bay south arcade, dating back to circa the 19th century, also exists. The church contains furnishings from the 19th century, including a gothic organ case and stall originally from Trelaske House. The Norman font has a partly recarved octagonal bowl, mounted on a later shaft and base. A piscina and aumbry are present in the chancel, alongside rood loft stair doorways. A chest dating to the 17th century is located at the west end of the church. A medieval stone containing seven cups, originally used to light the church with tallow, remains. An inscribed stone, discovered in two pieces in 1894, provides further historical detail.